Tire-protector.



M. D. BESSE.

TIRE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APRA, 1910.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

' the pro-tector and the tire.

MAX D. BESSE, 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. v

Patented A pr. 8,1913.

Application filed April 4, 1910. Serial No. 553,251.

To all whom it may concern: l Be it known that I, MAX D. Bnssn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to detachable tire treads or protectors, designed to be readily applied to, or removed from, an ordinary pneumatic tire without displacing or otherwise afi'ecting same. I

The primary object in view is to provide a protector or cover, of any suitable material, ,that will entirely envelop the tire, as 'well as apart of the rim adjacent thereto, in such a manner as to effectively prevent the accumulation of sand or grit bet-ween To accomplish this purpose my improved protector is made to conform, identically, with the exposed surface of the inflated tire, being provided with lobes orprojections near the base, at the point where the tire and rim join, and designed to completely close the interstices resulting from the irregular conformation of the tire at this point.

The purpose and nature of this invention is more fully described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1, illustrates in cross section a pneumatic tire and rim with my improved protector applied. Fig. 2, illustrates a plan view of a portion of my protector laced to a tire viewed from the base of said tire.

Similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views in which:

The letter A, denotes an ordinary pneumatic tire, mounted on a rim B. The rotector C, is shown in engagement with the tire and rim in the drawings.

C, are the lobes or projections designed to fit snugly into the recesses between the tire and the rim, caused by the irregular,

contour of the same.

ivhich time the tire is ready to be in-c The extremities of the protector C may be reinforced with any suitable. material Such as canvas and the like, and serve as binders. Their function isto tightly engage the rim B, and when properly bound together by a cord D, they serve to hold the protector in permanent engagement with the tire. Eyelets C are provided in the uppermost extremities of the protector, and when same is adjusted to the tire andrim, the space intervening between said extreniities is bridged by the cord 1), in the opera- 7 tion known as lacing. 60

In applying the protector or tread the air is first let out of the tire, then the pro tector is adjusted into position and firmly laced together in the manner described, at

flat-ed. It will be seen by this arrangement that when the tire is being inflated it will accurately adjust itself to the conformation of the protector and become, in effect, integral therewith, thus acomplishing the end in view.

Having described my invention, what claim and desire to secure by Letters ent is:

The combination with a pneumatic and a rim securin the same, of a protest casing, portions 0 which at the point wh the rim joins the tire, being increased thickness to provide said casing with inner crcumferential lobes which lie within the circumferential recesses on each side of the tire due to the inward curvature of the tire and the inwardly lying margins of the rim, the said protective casing being extended from said lobe portions, to inclose the rim, and whereby said tire is snugly incased throughout its exposed surface by saidv rotective casing. y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAX D. BESSE.

WVitnesses LEONA, KRAMER, DANIEL NnvINs. 

